Version 4 now available! Track HTML and ToolBook content!

TBK Tracker™ provides powerful and secure student/course management for native
computer based training applications written in ToolBook or HTML. TBK Tracker
is optimized for HTML content created in Training
Studio or Exam Engine, but the appropriate calls can be made from other
HTML content
as well.

New in Version 4

Support Exam Engine 4 and Training Studio 3 content without any changes

Reporter architecture supports customization of reports and the addition of more reports

Reports and graphs have customizable logo and certificate graphics

Documentation completely updated

Use the Administrator to configure courses and lessons, set global properties,
or (optionally) assign students. When using ToolBook, use the TBK Tracker
catalog and new “TBTrack” menu to quickly set up your ToolBook
books. When using HTML, simply set the corresponding configuration properties
of the TBK Tracker Player.

Deploy your application with no runtime fees, even using the complete
InstallShield source code
if desired. Use the Reporter to analyze the data with over sixty reports and seventy built-in
reports. For HTML deployment, the TBK Tracker Player uses the Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.0.

Use the TBK Tracker Reporter to display and graph student, course, lesson,
class, and organization information

Customize reports using Visual Studio™

Batch import students, organizations, etc. from a delimited file

Store and restore user properties (ToolBook only)

Track thousands of users

Deploy via Local Area Network or CD

Student and course data may be stored on a LAN server or the user's own machine

TBK Tracker is composed of three pieces:

TBK Tracker - For ToolBook, the developer sets up this module when
developing the course using the easy-to-use TBK Tracker catalog and "TBKTrack"
menu. For HTML, the developer uses a text editor to set various configuration
properties.

Administrator - This module provides the ability to set up students, assign
them to classes (if desired), and to establish passing scores, prerequisites,
and more.

Reporter - Want to analyze the data? The reporter allows analysis of the
data through over 90 reports. In addition to providing data on the
screen, the reports may be printed and exported to another file format.

"Bookmarks" provide the ability to return to the
last page visited when returning to a lesson.

Favorites and Indexes (ToolBook only)\

"Favorites" allow the user to mark a
page that they would like to remember and return to it at any time.

A page index listing of all pages in the lesson is
available for the student to quickly access a list of descriptions and jump to
the page that best meets their needs.

Reports

TBK Tracker™ provides over 130 reports and graphs covering everything from the number of
students per course to what a particular student answered on a a particular
question in a scored test.

Reports are accessed via a separate Reporter application. This allows
certain people to have access to view the reports (without their having the
ability to modify student or course information in that an administrator has).

You may customize any of the reports using the Visual Studio™. You can also customize the associated queries with any text editor.

Easily customize the logo shown on each report/graph as well as the lesson and course certificate graphic used on some reports.

Administration

Assign courses to students.

Administrative functions are accessed through a
separate Administrator application.

Group students in classes to allow an administration to easily
assign courses to multiple students.

Implementation

It's easy to set up your courses to use TBK Tracker™.
For ToolBook, simply use the TBK Tracker menu and catalog objects to set up
your books and you're ready to go. For HTML, configure the Player by
editing a single configuration file. You can then start the Administrator and
specify your lessons and courses. In ToolBook, additional functionality such as
favorites and indexes may be added to your application by using the powerful
author-level "TBK Tracker™" tools as specified in the step-by-step directions
included in the help file.

TBK Tracker allows you to track thousands of users on
a local area network or single users via Local Area Network, CD, or Neuron
(ToolBook only) deployment. Neuron implementation requires the optional
"web deployment" capability.

System Requirements and Licensing

For ToolBook, TBK Tracker works with files created
with ToolBook 10 or later. Deployment must be in native ToolBook. For HTML, communicate via JavaScript. This is built in for Exam Engine and Training Studio but can be added to other authoring tools or plain HTML content.

ToolBook: when the database is located on a local or
LAN disk, end users will also need to have Microsoft Data Access Components
(MDAC) installed. Users will typically already have MDAC.
Users will also need to be able to perform HTTP Post in order to use the
optional feature to post student data.

HTML: end users will require the Microsoft .NET
Framework 4.0. This can be included as part of the installation (InstallShield
source code provided upon request) or downloaded via Windows Update.

There is no runtime license required for CD or LAN deployment. Each product is
licensed per developer machine.

TBK Tracker Price (includes Administrator and Reporter)

Description

Price

TBK Tracker version 4 Developer License (ToolBook or HTML)

$2,995

TBK Tracker version 4 Developer License (Upgrade from ToolBook to HTML
or from HTML to ToolBook). Both products must be on the current version.

$995

Version 4 upgrade from version 3

$1,595

Version 4 upgrade from version 2 or older

$1,995

1 year technical support (email only)

$395

Educational and multiple-copy discounts are available.

User Comments

TBK Tracker is truly an outstanding piece of work.

I recently installed 11 ToolBooks and the TBK Tracker Administrator and Reporter onto a network server, along with the database and runtime files. I altered the reports.ini file to accommodate a requested reduction of the reports available. I accomplished all of this without using any installation software, choosing to replicate my own architecture. Within 3 hours, the whole system was up and running. My first full QC check revealed no malfunctions. The train-the-trainer worked fine also. it's working. Most of all, I did it without having to call you guys.

We have used TBK Tracker to administer exams built in ToolBook. Some of our exams are LAN based and report directly to TBK Tracker, others are CD-ROM based and the user is able to email the results when finished with the exam.